Volume 73
Public Law 86–142
To amend title 10, United States Code, with respect to crediting certain service as a member of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, and for other purposes.
Approved August 7, 1959
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend title 10, United States Code, with respect to crediting certain service as a member of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That chapter 53 of title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows:
By adding the following new section at the end thereof:
“§ 1038. Service credit: certain service in Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
“In computing years of active service of any female member of the armed forces, there shall be credited for all purposes, except the right to promotion, in addition to any other service that may be credited, all active service performed in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps after May 13, 1942, and before September 30, 1943, if that member performed active service in the armed forces after September 29, 1943. Service as an officer in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps shall be credited as active service in the status of a commissioned officer, and service as an enrolled member of the Corps shall be credited as active service in the status of an enlisted member.”
By adding the following new item at the end of the analysis thereof:
Sec. 2.
A person entitled to pension or compensation under any
Election of pension or compensation.
law administered by the Veterans’ Administration, based upon the active service described in section 1 of this Act, may elect within one year after the enactment of this Act to receive that pension or compensation in lieu of any compensation under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 751 et seq.), to which that
person is entitled on the basis of the same service. Such an election is irrevocable and does not entitle that person to the pension or compensation for any period before the date the election is made.
Sec. 3.
No person is entitled to back pay or allowances because of any service credited under section 1 of this Act.
Approved August 7, 1959.